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John Bale

John Robert Bale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 22, 1974 in Cheverly, MD
High School: Crestview HS (Crestview, FL)
Schools: Jefferson Davis Community College (Brewton, AL), University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1999 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Orioles/Reds/BlueJays 1999-2009

Final Game: October 2, 2009 (Age 35)
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1996	22	TOR-min	A-	3	2	.600	4.86	8	8	0	0	0	0	33.1	39	21	18	2	11	0	35	0	2	4	148		1.500	10.5	0.5	3.0	9.4	3.18	STC · NYPL
1997	23	TOR-min	A	7	7	.500	4.30	25	25	0	0	0	0	140.1	130	83	67	11	63	1	155	1	0	11	603		1.375	8.3	0.7	4.0	9.9	2.46	HGR · SALL
1998	24	TOR-min	A+,AA	4	5	.444	4.68	27	9	7	0	0	4	67.1	69	40	35	6	23	1	78	4	1	6	295		1.366	9.2	0.8	3.1	10.4	3.39	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1999	25	TOR-min	AA,AAA	2	5	.286	3.81	39	8	9	0	0	1	85.0	80	46	36	8	26	1	101	0	0	5	357		1.247	8.5	0.8	2.8	10.7	3.88	KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1999	25	TOR	AL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	10	42	2.000	9.0	4.5	9.0	18.0	2.00
2000	26	TOR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.19	21	12	2	0	0	0	79.0	68	35	28	4	41	0	70	2	0	4	338		1.380	7.7	0.5	4.7	8.0	1.71	SYR · IL
2000	26	TOR	AL	0	0		14.73	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	7	6	1	3	0	6	2	0	0	22	37	2.182	12.3	2.5	7.4	14.7	2.00
2001	27	BAL-min	AAA,Rk	1	1	.500	2.08	11	9	0	0	0	0	34.2	32	9	8	1	7	0	48	0	0	2	139		1.125	8.3	0.3	1.8	12.5	6.86	ROC,OLS · IL,GULF
2001	27	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	3.04	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	18	14	9	2	17	0	21	1	0	1	113	143	1.313	6.1	0.7	5.7	7.1	1.24

2002	28	NYM-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.54	12	2	4	0	2	0	28.0	22	11	11	2	7	0	27	2	0	1	111		1.036	7.1	0.6	2.2	8.7	3.86	NFK · IL
2003	29	CIN-NYM-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.30	34	2	15	0	0	4	57.1	47	22	21	1	16	0	58	2	0	1	236		1.099	7.4	0.2	2.5	9.1	3.63	LOU,NFK · IL
2003	29	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08

2005	31	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.19	51	0	46	0	0	24	53.2	44	24	19	9	16	0	72	5	0	1	227		1.118	7.4	1.5	2.7	12.1	4.50	HIR · JPCL
2006	32	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.93	30	5	11	0	0	6	43.0	45	16	14	5	11	1	46	0	0	1	183		1.302	9.4	1.0	2.3	9.6	4.18	HIR · JPCL
2007	33	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	3.24	11	7	0	0	0	0	16.2	18	7	6	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	69		1.260	9.7	0.5	1.6	6.5	4.00	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2007	33	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.05	26	0	5	0	0	0	40.0	45	18	18	1	17	2	42	1	0	2	179	114	1.550	10.1	0.2	3.8	9.5	2.47
2008	34	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	10.12	12	8	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	15	15	3	5	0	11	0	0	0	64		1.875	13.5	2.0	3.4	7.4	2.20	OMA,NTA · PCL,TL
2008	34	KCR	AL	0	3	.000	4.39	13	3	1	0	0	0	26.2	29	13	13	1	6	0	14	0	0	1	110	100	1.313	9.8	0.3	2.0	4.7	2.33
2009	35	KCR-min	AA	0	0		1.35	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25		0.750	5.4	0.0	1.4	6.8	5.00	NTA · TL
2009	35	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	5.72	43	0	12	0	0	1	28.1	34	19	18	3	18	2	24	1	0	2	136	78	1.835	10.8	1.0	5.7	7.6	1.33
2010	36	HIR	Fgn	0	3	.000	7.09	30	0	8	0	0	1	26.2	29	23	21	3	15	0	21	3	0	0	124		1.650	9.8	1.0	5.1	7.1	1.40	HIR · JPCL
7 Yrs				3	7	.300	4.66	109	12	21	0	0	1	173.2	183	98	90	16	75	6	148	7	0	7	765	95	1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.97
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.300	4.66	61	7	12	0	0	1	98	103	55	51	9	42	3	83	4	0	4	430	95	1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.97

KCR (3 yrs)				1	5	.167	4.64	82	3	18	0	0	1	95.0	108	50	49	5	41	4	80	2	0	5	425	97	1.568	10.2	0.5	3.9	7.6	1.95
TOR (2 yrs)				0	0		14.29	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	10	9	2	5	0	10	2	0	0	32	39	2.118	11.1	3.2	7.9	15.9	2.00
CIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.04	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	18	14	9	2	17	0	21	1	0	1	113	143	1.313	6.1	0.7	5.7	7.1	1.24

AL (6 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.74	99	3	21	0	0	1	127.1	133	74	67	9	63	4	111	5	0	6	570	95	1.539	9.4	0.6	4.5	7.8	1.76
NL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.47	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	50	24	23	7	12	2	37	2	0	1	195	93	1.338	9.7	1.4	2.3	7.2	3.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	25	TOR	AL	2.0	1	0	3	13.50	6.17	0.03	-0.45	106.0	6.03	-2	-0.1	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.364	.499
2000	26	TOR	AL	3.2	2	0	7	17.18	5.87	0.00	-0.43	98.0	5.33	-5	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-4	.314	.498
2001	27	BAL	AL	26.2	14	0	14	4.73	5.03	-0.07	-0.37	93.5	4.41	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.499

2003	29	CIN	NL	46.1	10	9	24	4.66	4.57	0.03	0.15	97.9	4.59	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.494	.500

2007	33	KCR	AL	40.0	26	0	18	4.05	5.09	0.23	-0.38	100.1	4.49	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.5	6	.506	.501	$1,800,000
2008	34	KCR	AL	26.2	13	3	13	4.39	4.96	-0.47	-0.05	96.0	5.17	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.514	.501	$2,200,000
2009	35	KCR	AL	28.1	43	0	19	6.04	5.18	-0.69	-0.38	98.2	5.40	-2	-0.2	1.5	-0.1	-0.0	1	.495	.499	$1,200,000
7 Seasons				173.2	109	12	98	5.08	4.97	-0.14	-0.19	97.6	4.79	-7	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	1.1	13	.495	.500	$5,200,000

KCR (3 yrs)				95.0	82	3	50	4.74	5.08	-0.24	-0.29	98.4	4.95	1	0.1	1.3	-0.3	0.9	13	.501	.500	$5,200,000
TOR (2 yrs)				5.2	3	0	10	15.88	5.98	0.01	-0.44	100.8	5.58	-7	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.2	-6	.331	.498
CIN (1 yr)				46.1	10	9	24	4.66	4.57	0.03	0.15	97.9	4.59	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.494	.500
BAL (1 yr)				26.2	14	0	14	4.73	5.03	-0.07	-0.37	93.5	4.41	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.499

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1996	22	TOR-min	A-	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		STC · NYPL
1997	23	TOR-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HGR · SALL
1998	24	TOR-min	AA,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1999	25	TOR-min	AA,AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1999	25	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2000	26	TOR-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2000	26	TOR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	27	BAL-min	AAA,Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ROC,OLS · IL,GULF
2001	27	BAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2002	28	NYM-min	AAA	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK · IL
2003	29	NYM-CIN-min	AAA	35	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK,LOU · IL
2003	29	CIN	NL	10	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

2004	30	HIR	Fgn																										HIR · JPCL
2005	31	HIR	Fgn	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HIR · JPCL
2006	32	HIR	Fgn	30	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		HIR · JPCL
2007	33	KCR-min	AA,AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2007	33	KCR	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	34	KCR-min	AA,AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2008	34	KCR	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	35	KCR-min	AA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NTA · TL
2009	35	KCR	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	36	HIR	Fgn	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HIR · JPCL
7 Yrs				109	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	3	0	0	0	0	0

KCR (3 yrs)				82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				10	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				10	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1999	25	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2000	26	TOR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2001	27	BAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1

2003	29	CIN	NL	10	17	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0		1

2007	33	KCR	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,800,000	1
2008	34	KCR	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,200,000	1
2009	35	KCR	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,200,000	1
7 Seasons				109	17	-3	-0	0	0	3	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	0	$5,200,000

KCR (3 yrs)				82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$5,200,000
TOR (2 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CIN (1 yr)				10	17	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0
BAL (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1999	TOR	AL	25	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70	0	0			0
2000	TOR	AL	26	P	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.72	1.60	1	0	0%	30%	0
2001	BAL	AL	27	P	14	0	26.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			1.01	0.21	.953	1.76	1.74	3	2	40%	29%	0
2003	CIN	NL	29	P	10	9	46.1	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.55	0.80	.958	1.85	1.83	6	2	25%	31%	0
2007	KCR	AL	33	P	26	0	40.0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1	6	2.02	0.35	.956	1.60	1.59	0	0			0
2008	KCR	AL	34	P	13	3	26.2	9	0	9	0	1	1.000	1	7	3.04	0.69	.952	1.59	1.59	3	1	25%	27%	1
2009	KCR	AL	35	P	43	0	28.1	9	3	5	1	1	.889	-1	-7	2.54	0.19	.953	1.52	1.51	4	0	0%	26%	0
	7 Seasons			P	109	12	173.2	38	6	31	1	3	.974	1	1	1.92	0.34	.954	1.68	1.60	17	5	23%	29%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	109	12	173.2	38	6	31	1	3	.974	1	8	1.92	0.34	.954	1.68	1.60	17	5	23%	29%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1996.
December 11, 2000: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles for Jayson Werth.
April 3, 2002: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Gary Matthews.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
October 31, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
May 3, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.
May 8, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
December 10, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
December 12, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 16, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
December 10, 2009: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
December 1, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 25, 2011: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	33	Kansas City Royals	$1,800,000
2008	34	Kansas City Royals	$2,200,000
2009	35	Kansas City Royals	$1,200,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,200,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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